Reflection #6

With a growing number of health concerns, many schools have begun to make rules regarding food and drinks in the classroom. Some schools only allow water and healthy snacks during class, while other schools have said that's it's ok to bring whatever you wish, while others have said no food or drinks are to be brought into the classroom.

I think each of these arguments can be made valid. Obviously we want to help children make healthy food choices, but at the same time is it our right to control what a child is allowed to eat, therefore they should be allowed to bring whatever they wish? Or to be fair to everyone, should we should just make a blanket rule that additional snacks and drinks are not allowed?

I think an important perspective to have is to remember that as a teacher, we are influencing students' lives. As such, we should be modeling not just good study habits and good behavior, but also modeling healthy living. So although we can't control our students lives, we can model a positive lifestyle and this includes healthy eating.

Overall, we can't control what goes into kids' mouths, but we can control the behavior that's modeled for them, therefore we should do our very best to model healthy living in order that the children can learn and become healthy adults themselves.